Bob, good point. 

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On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:15 AM, "shabbona_rr" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ask any over-the-road trucker about snow and weight.
> 
> Bob Nicholson __________________________________________
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> --- In [email protected], Bill Rigsby <silvergost1@...> wrote:
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> > Â  Ten inches of snow is equivalent to one inch of rain. A gallon of water 
> > weighs eight pounds, and 1 Cubic foot = 7.4801 Gallons, times the cubic 
> > area of the unocupied space in the gondola or any other rail car that does 
> > not dain it away.
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> > --- On Mon, 9/26/11, Tom Hawley <t.hawley@...> wrote:
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> > From: Tom Hawley <t.hawley@...>
> > Subject: {S-Scale List} The weather
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:06 PM
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> > We recently discussed weighing rail cars. It reminded me of what an old 
> > railroader once told me, that a gon load plus a lot of snow weighs more 
> > than it did without the snow. I didn't think throwing that out would help 
> > anyone's modelling efforts, so I didn't mention it, but just today I read 
> > this.
> > http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/shippers-challenge-charges-when-ice-makes-freight-overweight-3541.html
> > Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich 
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